Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in El Salvador, 2006

El Salvador
2006
Total fertility rate: 2.40
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2006  +1 +5

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of El Salvador was 2.40 children per woman in 2006 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (129 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.7 years old. In total, 125,881 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.40
Births
125,881
Births per 1,000 people
21.0
Mean age of mothers
26.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.11
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.2
Population
6,002,319
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-143.50.7%1,235
15-1980.716.8%25,585
20-24129.527.0%36,079
25-29118.024.6%31,264
30-3482.617.3%19,184
35-3945.99.6%9,321
40-4416.33.4%2,852
45-492.40.5%352
50-540.10.0%9